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Synecdoche vs. Metonymy

Synecdoche vs. Metonymy. Synecdoche- - Figure of speech in which a part of something is used to signify the whole Or whole used to signify the part . EX: A criminal is placed “behind bars ” (prison) Metonymy- Something closely associated with a subject is substituted for it.

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Synecdoche vs. Metonymy

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  1. Synecdoche vs. Metonymy Synecdoche--Figure of speech in which a part of something is used to signify the whole Or whole used to signify the part. EX:A criminal is placed “behind bars” (prison) Metonymy- Something closely associated with a subject is substituted for it. EX: At precisely ten o’clock the paper shufflers stopped for coffee.

  2. Synecdoche or Metonymy The Law just cruised by with lights flashing.

  3. Synecdoche or Metonymy Grief spills over and slides down my cheek.

  4. Synecdoche or Metonymy Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.

  5. Synecdoche or Metonymy Let not the right hand knoweth what the left hand doeth.

  6. Synecdoche or Metonymy The great unwashed.

  7. Synecdoche or Metonymy The White House responded.

  8. Synecdoche or Metonymy He wields the scepter of the empire.

  9. Synecdoche or Metonymy Roll out the Red Carpet.

  10. Synecdoche or Metonymy 10,000 eyes were on him as he rubbed his hands in the dirt. 5,000 tongues applauded when he wiped them on his shirt.

  11. Synecdoche or Metonymy There is little time between the cradle and the grave.

  12. Synecdoche or Metonymy He was a victim of the bottle.

  13. Synecdoche or Metonymy He just got a new set of wheels.

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